Foreign Policy and International Law

Outcome of the Sixth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, November-December 2006

Introduction

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David P. Fidler
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Australian Inquiry into Corporate Responsibility for Complicity in Efforts to Manipulate Humanitarian Exceptions to Security Council Sanctions Regimes

In September 2005, the UN Independent Inquiry Committee ('IIC' or 'Volcker Inquiry

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Stephen Tully
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The ICTR Appeals Chamber Dismisses the Prosecutor's Appeal to Transfer Michel Bagaragaza for Trial to Norway

INTRODUCTION

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25
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Alhagi Marong
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Acts of Non-State Armed Groups and the Law Governing Armed Conflict

The recent conflict in Lebanon and Northern Israel, occurring between a state and a non-state armed opposition group on the territory of a state that has not itself taken up arms, raises distinct challenges for interpretation of international law related to armed conflict.

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Jonathan Somer
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North Korea's Missile Firings

On July 4 and 5, 2006, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) test-fired seven unarmed missiles over the Sea of Japan.  One of them was a long-range missile, the Taepodong 2, which exploded and fell into the sea before it could complete its test flight.  If it had not gone down prematurely it is possible that it would have entered the airspace of Japan.

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18
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Frederic L. Kirgis
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The Supreme Court Decides a Consular Convention Case

On June 28, 2006, the U.S.

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16
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Frederic L. Kirgis
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The Committee Against Torture Urges an End to Guantánamo Detention

International criticism of post-September 11 antiterrorism measures has come to a head with calls from the U.N. body monitoring the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment or Punishment1 for several changes in U.S. policy - among them, a call for closure of the four-and-a-half-year-old detention camp at Guantánamo.

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14
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Diane Marie Amann
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The ASIL Centennial Annual Meeting Adopts a Resolution on the Use of Armed Force and the Treatment of Detainees

[Insight Editor's note: This Insight differs from the usual ASIL Insight in that it concerns an action taken by the ASIL itself.

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12
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Mary Ellen O'Connell
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Alleged Secret Detentions of Terrorism Suspects

Allegations have appeared in news reports that the United States is holding some terrorism suspects incommunicado and without trial in detention centers at undisclosed locations outside the United States, perhaps in Eastern Europe.  The United States government has not acknowledged the existence of any such detention facilities.  The discussion below is based on facts regarding the possible existence of such facilities as reported in news media, and is not intended to vouch for their accuracy.  The discussion is designed to point out the principal le

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Frederic L. Kirgis
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